Resisting the Insidious Attacks on our Identity

Often in life we make mistakes, and when we do it's easy to fall prey to thinking that we are fundamentally inadequate and incapable of growth. However, we should not let our mistakes define us. Instead, we should rip down the harassing thoughts telling us that we cannot improve, work our thoughts back to Christ, and thus replace the harrassing thoughts with God's truths, because in truth, God has given us agency over our mistakes. By following this mnemonic (rip, work, replace), we will find that no matter how many mistakes we make, the peace of God will be with us and will enable us to become better than we could ever imagine ourselves to be.